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McMahon, n.|məkˈmɑːn|
[The name of Sir (Arthur) Henry McMahon (1862-1949), British foreign secretary to the government of India and commissioner at the Simla Conference.]
McMahon line, a line proposed by the British under Sir Henry McMahon at the Simla Conference (1913–14) as the frontier between Tibet and the North East Frontier Agency.
The demarcation was accepted by Tibet, but not recognized by China.
1936O. Caroe Let. 6 Feb. in P. Mehra McMahon Line & After (1974) xxxv. 422 The whole of the hill country upto the 1914 McMahon Line is within the frontier of India. 1950J. Nehru Let. 17 Nov. in Lett. to Chief Ministers (1986) 268 About our frontier, the MacMahon [sic] Line, we are adamant and we are not going to tolerate any breach of it. 1962E. Snow Other Side of River (1963) lxxvii. 589 The agreement would also have settled the Indo-Tibetan border on the basis of the so-called McMahon line. 1991Hindu (Madras) 6 Dec. 8/6 Beijing has accepted the highest watershed principle—that forms the basis of the McMahon Line signed by British India and independent Tibet—with both Nepal and Burma. |